Vocabulary: Fakes 1
Read the dictionary definition of fake and discuss the question below with a partner.
fake adj made to look like something real in order to trick people.
What might be fake about each of these pictures?
2 Underline the correct word in italics to complete these extracts from a magazine article titled ‘Deception Today’.
A Phishing is becoming an increasing problem these days and it’s important that people aren’t fooled (1) at/into giving out sensitive information online. It’s very easy to be (2) taken/ made in by fake websites that look exactly like the real thing! We have to be very careful and (3) look/check out anything that we think is suspicious. B Apparently in some countries it’s actually against the law to buy fake designer goods, not only to sell them. Sometimes it’s difficult to (4) tell/say the difference between what’s (5) imitation/unreal and what’s (6) actual/genuine but the price is usually a dead giveaway! C A lot of people have (7) fallen/gone for the ‘You’ve won a competition!’ scam recently and lost a lot of money. It’s often someone on the phone and they make (8) for/out that you’re a winner but of course you need to let them have bank details or send insurance money in advance. The problem is that these people are (9) coming/giving up with new ways to con us out of money all the time. D These days we tend to think that (10) forgery/imitation is related more to (11) cloning/ impersonating credit cards rather than printing false bank notes. This is probably because bank notes now have a lot of safeguards and it’s getting more and more difficult to copy them. However it does still happen so we need to be (12) on our security/guard, particularly with the higher value notes. E The trouble is that a lot of people don’t see it as actually (13) cheating/falsifying – more ‘researching’ – but the fact is that a lot of word for word (14) copying/imitating goes on in students’ assignments. Easy access to articles and papers on the internet is to blame and there are a lot of people out there whose job is just to produce assignments on demand for a fee! Teachers often can’t (15) tell/read whether the work is original or not!
3 Work in pairs. Give some examples of 1–6 below. 1 2 3 4 5 6
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Ways students can cheat. Things you can buy that are fake. Things that can be cloned. Scams people fall for. Safeguards on the internet. Things that can be forged. Have you ever bought a fake or fallen for a scam?